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Galactic Storm Team:
Red 1 - Augustus "Gust" Robinson
Blue 2 - William "Liam" Russel
Yellow 3 - Evaak Von Lukkaul
Pink 4 - Chloe Ramsey
Green 5 - James "Jim" Turner
EP 6: Calm Before The Storm
"I really hate this," Jim mutters.
Outside the Federation building, the squad were picking up trash. Liam glanced up at Jim's comment, he had made comments about how it sucks every couple minutes or so since they got their assignment. Liam rolls his eyes and continues. Chloe made a face at some of the trash and then while pitching her nose, she tossed the rotting trash in the trash can. Evaak seemed to be very calm and collective during the assignment, either she didn't smell the gross trash or she was better at keeping it professional. Gust groans as he tosses some of the trash in the cans as well.
"How do we go from taking down a small gang in the slums to this?" Jim spoke.
Liam turns to Jim, "Can you shut up? You've been complaining for about two hours." Liam said.
Jim sits down, "Well that's because this is boring and stupid." Jim pouts.
Chloe turns to Jim, "Not every mission is going to be like that last one." She says softly.
Jim looks at her, "But that was so thrilling and this is so lame." He said.
Evaak crossed her arms on her chest, "A mission is a mission. We are assigned to it and we do not argue with the command." Evaak said.
Jim just pouts.
Gust chuckles slightly, "Seriously, man. Don't fret, you will still be able to see the world. It's just one mission." He said.
Jim looks up, "Whatever." Jim frowns.
Gust dusts off his pants, "I think we've got all the trash." Gust looks around, "How about you guys go clean up and I'll report to General Bates telling him we completed the mission."
Chloe smiles, "I second that! A nice warm shower to get the germs off of me is what I need." Chloe says.
Evaak glanced at Chloe, "Germs will enter your system no matter how much you shower." Evaak said.
Chloe made a face, "You are so weird some times, Evaak." Chloe said.
There was small banter as the four began to walk off. Gust stood there with a small smirk before he turned to walk into the Galactic Storm headquarters building, which is right next to the Federation building.
-GALACTICSTORM-
Chloe entered her apartment that was on the Federation's grounds, as she entered the lights turned on. The door slid shut behind her. Chloe took off her uniform long sleeve shirt, which revealed a pink sports bra that was on underneath. The young women walks over to her bathroom, she turns on the water to set up for a bath. She walks away to grab a tablet.
As the water was running, she sits on her bed and scrolls through the tablet. She was reading some of the news and then saw she had a lot of emails. As well as voicemails that was left on her tablet. Chloe turns off the water and then turns at one voicemail, the name made her frown.
She pressed play, "Chloe, its mom. I know you're playing hero right now, but you need to stop that this moment. You are not a hero, you are a young lady and next in line. Stop this foolishness and return home, your father is really upset about this." Chloe stopped listening to the message.
The young women walked to her bathroom, the door shut behind her.
-GALACTICSTORM-
Jim was wandering around the grounds. He was out of uniform, but still had his wrist band on him. He was watching the people train and looked at the buildings in the city. The young man wandered around until he reached a place on the grounds that the younger Galactic Storm crew called the Dug Out. It was set up as a on grounds bar and hang out, Jim entered and looked around at the inside style of the bar.
This was Jim's first time in the bar so everything looked so new to him. He saw really old video games, dating back to 2020s. Jim looked at retro movie posters that hung up, some from recent movies and some even dated back to the 1940s. This was such a huge cultural shock for Jim, but he took it all in with him.
"So," The bartender started, "What'll it be?"
Jim looks at the bartender. She was a human girl with fair skin tone, light blue tint hair, ocean blue eyes, and square glasses over top. She wore a white crop top shirt that read Dug Out across her chest, black shorts, and black flats.
"Um- what's good here?" Jim asks.
The bartender smiles, "Newbie huh?"
He nods, "I'm Jim Turner. I'm a Galactic Storm 5." Jim said.
"Green, huh." She pulled out a glass cup.
Jim nods.
"I'm Aqua," She then set the cup on the counter, "I'm co-owner of the Dug Out."
Jim looks at her, "You're no officer?" He asks.
Aqua shakes her head, "I'm afraid not. My dad is so I live on the grounds with him, I decided to open the bar here for people to chill. And my friend Clary agreed with me." Aqua said.
Jim smiles at her, "That's cool. I think this place is really amazing. The design is so- outstanding."
Aqua smiles at him, "It doesn't take much to amuse you, huh?" She asks.
Jim awkwardly chuckles, "Yeah, I guess so." Jim said and pointed to the sunglasses, "Let's just say because of my eyes I was always sheltered so I haven't really seen much of the world."
Aqua frowns, "Well then," She pours a light green drink into his cup, "This one is on me."
Jim was handed the drink, "What is it?" He asks.
Aqua smiles, "Lynx liquor, its kind of expensive but I think since you haven't experience much this would be the kind of liquor you should try for the first time." Aqua said.
Jim looks at the drink and smiles, "Thank you." He said.
"Try it." She smiles and leans forward on the counter.
Jim takes a sip and then coughs slightly, "That- wow-!"
Aqua giggles, "Strong, right?" She asks.
He nods, "Extremely." He said and took a small sip.
Aqua smiles at him, "Tell me more about yourself." She said.
-GALACTICSTORM-
Liam was spending some time with his brother. Nathan had asked Liam out for coffee. The two had barely seen each other since the whole slums thing with Nathan's squad showing up to make the formal arrest. Liam sat across from his brother with his head down.
"What's on your mind brother?" Nathan asks.
"Think I let the Russel name down?" Liam asks.
Nathan seemed confused, "How so?" Nathan asks and takes a sip.
"Because I am not Red 1," Liam said, "I am the only Russel not to be Red 1."
Nathan sighs, "Not true, Liam." Nathan said.
Liam looked confused, "Huh?"
Nathan forms a small smile, "Dad started off as a Blue 2, but when his leader died in combat within his first two months, dad was promoted to Red 1." Nathan said.
Liam was shocked, "Why wouldn't he have told me?" He asks.
Nathan chuckles, "Because you had this idea of the title of being red was a family thing. Yes, gramps was Red 1, but dad wasn't Red 1 first. He worked for it. If you want that title, you work for it." Nathan said.
Liam nods.
Nathan takes a sip of his coffee, "At first I thought it was a mistake that you were picked as Blue 2," Nathan started, "But then dad told me that you're more like him than I am. So you being Blue 2 made the most sense. You are the by the books kind of guy and there isn't anything wrong with it, you need someone to clash with but also respect. Which is why Augustus became your Red 1." Nathan said.
Liam shakes his head, "It's Gust. He prefer Gust over Augustus." Liam said.
Nathan nods, "Good to know."
-GALACTICSTORM-
Evaak was in the Galactic Storm gym. She was bench pressing a total of forty-five pounds. She was not spotted, but it didn't look like she needed it. She did her work out and then placed the bar back where it went, and sat up on the bench she was sitting on. She grabbed a small white towel to wip off the sweat from her forehead.
"Not bad," Said a deep voice.
Evaak looked up to see General Bates. She quickly stood up in a formal manner.
"General," Evaak said.
General Bates smiles and shakes his head, "Calm down, child. We're both off duty, so no need to call me general." He said.
Evaak seemed shocked, "Sir?"
General Bates grabbed a forty pound dumbbell, "I don't want to be called general when I am not in uniform." He said.
Evaak sits back down on the bench, "So what do you want me to call you, sir?" Evaak asks.
General Bates grabs another forty pound dumbbell, "Call me John when I'm out of uniform." He said.
Evaak nods but seems a bit nervous about it, "Alright, John." She said.
General Bates turns to Evaak, "How are you handling this? Being half Tyarqian this must be different in a sense of culture." He said.
Evaak was messing with the small towel, "Because of Galactic Storm I was able to go to Tyarq. I had only seen photos when I was a child from my mother. I only heard stories of the planet from her and what my father was like. I do not understand a lot of it, but its quite an experience."
General Bates lifts the dumbbell in his right hand, "I've been to Tyarq twice in my life. It was quite different than human culture. A society that doesn't follow raw emotions, that only resorts on logic. It's interesting." He said.
Evaak nods, "Quite."
He looks at her, "Has being with humans changed your idea of Tyarqian logic?" He asks.
Evaak looks at him, "Since I was raised with humans, I had always witnessed their sense of morality but also watched them fall when they allow emotions to cloud their judgement." Evaak said.
General Bates nods slowly, "That is man kind weakness then. We rely too much on protecting loved ones that we'd risk everything for that person." He said.
Evaak stands up as she wips the rest of the sweat off of her, "The needs of the many out number the needs of the few, sir. It's merely logic." Evaak said.
He nods, "Understandable, but would you say that to your leader?" He asks.
"I would not speak out of term to Augustus. He is in charge and his orders are sound." She said.
General Bates snickers, "But you wouldn't tell him that he needs to think about the rest of the people than protecting- let's just say his father or mother." General Bates said.
Evaak's eyes narrowed, "I do not see how this applies. Augustus' mother is missing and his father is in jail." She said.
He shakes his head, "Never mind. You'll understand in time, kid." He said.
-GALACTICSTORM-
Gust walked through a white walled hallway. He passed a few Galactic officers, he remain in uniform. As he passed them, he nodded at them. He walked further down the hallway and reached a door off to right, he reached it. It was labeled room C.R. 01, Gust pulled out a key card and slid it on the key pad. With that the door slid opened. Inside the room was a man in a white jumper.
This man looked similar to Gust. He didn't have blonde hair, however he had brown hair that reached his shoulders, but was pulled back. He had blue eyes just like Gust. He was lean and muscular which was obvious in the jumper. He was taller than the young man, standing at 6'4".
"Auggie?" The man's voice cracked.
Gust stared at the man, "Don't call me that." He said.
The man frowns, "You're still mad at me."
Gust kept his expression calm, "I came by to see if it was true. That my stupid dad decided to get into a damn bar fight with his gang. That my stupid dad grabbed a broken beer bottle and stabbed one person and then slashed another." He said looking at the man.
"Auggie," The man said.
Gust slams his fist into the wall, "I said not to call me that!"
The man frowns, "I'm sorry." The man sobbed, "I'm sorry."
Gust stared at the man sitting on the bed sobbing. He looked like a mess, but Gust couldn't feel bad. Too many bad memories out weighted the selective good ones. He just shook his head and then watched as his dad lifted his head up to look at Gust.
"I- I am so sorry," The man said.
Gust said nothing.
The man stopped crying and looked at his son, "I am so proud you got out of there. You joined the Galactic Storm, you changed your life for the better." He said.
Gust rolls his eyes, "Can't say the same for you." Gust said.
The man stands up, "I tried," He walks a few steps over, "What do you want me to say?"
Gust frowns, "Nothing. I don't want a damn thing from you."
"Then why come?" The man asks.
Gust looks at his dad, "I thought you'd change," Gust shakes his head, "But I was wrong."
With that, Gust knocked on the door. It slid open and Gust began to exit. His dad began to shout at Gust, but Gust ignored it. The door slid behind Gust and he stood there for a moment, he heard some pounding on the door until it went quiet.
An officer looked at Gust, "So how do you know Christopher Robinson?"
Gust looks at the officer, "I don't know him anymore." He said and walked.
-GALACTICSTORM-
The next day the small squad returned to the Galactic Storm headquarters, they all met up in the lobby. The five were in uniform. They all walked down the hallway to head to the room they were needed in. Gust led the group down the hall, with the other four trailing behind.
Jim was smiling, "I had never had that drink before," He was telling Chloe, "And it was so amazing!"
Chloe smiles, "And it seems like you have a crush on that girl." Chloe said.
Jim blushes faintly, "I- I don't know. I've never had a crush before."
Chloe giggles, "That's so cute." She said.
Evaak looks at the two and then shook her head.
Chloe turns to Evaak, "So what did you do after our clean up mission?" Chloe asks.
Evaak looks at Chloe, "I went to the gym to work out. It's good to stay in shape." Evaak said.
Liam glanced at Evaak, "Really?"
Evaak nods, "Of course. I always go to the gym before I go home. I spend an hour at for training." She said.
Liam nods understanding it, "Seems like I need to step up." Liam said.
Jim looks at their Red 1, "What about you, Gust? What did you do?" Jim asks.
Gust glanced at them and forms a small smile, "I delivered my report and then I was doing paperwork for the rest of the night." Gust said.
Liam glances at Gust, "Paperwork?"
Gust sighs, "Red 1 paperwork and it's a lot." Gust said.
Jim chuckles, "Liam, betcha you're happy for not being Red 1." Jim said.
Chloe slaps the young boy, "Jim."
Liam shakes his head, "No its fine. It turns out my father was Blue 2 before being promoted." Liam said.
Chloe looks at Liam and smiles, "Wear the color proudly."
Liam nods.
Gust looks from his team then to the door in front of them, "Be sharp. We're here."
The five entered the mission control room. Which is now where they get their missions after the attack by the Brotherhood of Sinners. General Bates was talking to a different Red 1, whom was a women. After that she left the room, which left the team to speak with General Bates.
"Okay kids," General Bates hands Gust a tablet, "Here is the mission."
Gust holds onto the tablet, "What is it, sir?" Gust asks.
"Internal affairs switched this investigation to Galactic Storm after there was something that was more our department." General Bates said.
Jim looks at the man, "Which is?" Jim asks.
"There are some big wealth families in the areas. The Manson's, the Geller's, and the Ricketts." General Bates paused.
When General Bates said the last family name, Chloe stood in shock. She felt sick to her stomach but kept her composure strong.
"Internal affairs were tracking some odd payments within those families and it looks like one of the families was paying into a terrorist group." General Bates said.
Liam steps in, "Is it the Brotherhood of Sinners?" He asks.
General Bates shakes his head, "We aren't sure." He glanced at the team, "We need you to go undercover and find out which family is paying a terrorist group." General Bates said.
Evaak looks at the mission from the tablet, "We are not trained for an undercover assignment."
"Its your mission," General Bates said, "You handle it."
The five watched General Bates walk off. The five read over the reports and then began to walk out of the room.
"So how should we go undercover?" Jim asks.
Gust ponders over it, "Well there is a big dinner party at the Rickett home in two nights. We could always duck undercover as butlers or something."
Chloe shakes her head, "How would you get close enough to their bank records?"
"Hack it?" Gust said.
Chloe sighs, "There is something I haven't told you guys- well anyone actually." Chloe frowns.
"Chloe?" Liam spoke.
Chloe takes the tablet from Gust and swipes to Bradley and Nora Rickett, "My last name is not Ramsey, its actually Rickett. Nora and Bradley Rickett are my parents." Chloe said.
(A/N: I really wanted a chapter much slower after what had recently happened, so this is how this chapter came to be. This had small starts of developments, but obviously it is going to start to be heavy on Chloe in the next chapter. This reveal is going to be kind of big but will play out with how Chloe is the way she is, also why she joined Galactic Storm.
Originally I was going to keep her secret a little longer, but I felt the only way her team and her can be fully developed is if all secrets were out also it would help her grow as well.
I did have a small sighting with Gust and his dad. Which if the first time he's shown. So far Liam is the only ranger to have both parents introduced. Jim's parents have been mentioned as overprotective, which soon we'll meet them via flashback or in the series. Gust's mom has been mentioned even a sister, and now his dad has been shown. Evaak's mom and dad have both been mentioned, but they'll eventually make it into the series.
By the way, I wonder how many of you guys knew where I got the quote Evaak made to General Bates, "The needs of the many out number the needs of the few." It's influenced by Spock's quote, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Again, this series is really influenced by Star Trek and Power Rangers SPD. I hope you guys are enjoying the series! -ICrzy)